Steve Smyers
Steve Smyers grew up in Houston, Texas, where he was introduced to golf at the age of 3 by his father and scratch golfer, Carroll Smyers. It wasn't until the age of 16 when Steve was caddying in the 1969 U.S. Open and listening to the professional golfers discuss the design of Champions Golf Club, that Steve's passion for golf course architecture began.
Steve started his own architecture firm in the 1970s. Over the past 40 plus years, Steve has gone on to design courses throughout the world, including the U.S., U.K., United Arab Emirates, Australia, France, Iceland, Zimbabwe, and Ecuador. Some of Steve's most notable designs include Old Memorial Golf Club, Wolf Run Golf Club, Isleworth Country Club, Maridoe Golf Club, Chart Hills Golf Club, Evian Golf Club, Butterfield Country Club, and Olympia Fields Country Club - South.
Steve is deeply involved in his community and believes in giving back to the game of golf. Steve served on the USGA Executive Committee from 2006 to 2011 and is the first and only golf course architect to do so. Additionally, Steve served as President and an Executive Member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects Committee and co-founded The First Tee of Lakeland.
Website: https://www.stevesmyers.com/
Golf Courses designed by Steve Smyers
Boca Royale Golf and Country Club
Englewood, FL, United States
Distance: 6,357yd Par: 72
Boca Royale Golf and Country Club feature an 18-hole golf course located in the Southern part of Sarasota, Florida and just a few minutes away from the beaches of Manasota Key. This par 72 semi-private golf course has a championship length of 6,357 yards with a slope of 130 and a USGA rating of 71.1...
Crescent Oaks Country Club
Tarpon Springs, FL, United States
Distance: 6914yd Par: 72
The Crescent Oaks Country Club is located in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and is a 40-minute drive from the Tampa Bay International Airport. This narrow championship layout was designed by Steve Smyers and Jim Colbert and is a combination of scenic woodlands and rolling hills with lakes and bodies of water that serve as boundaries to...
Cypress Creek Golf Club
Ruskin, FL, United States
Distance: 6,839yd Par: 72
Designed by Dean Refram and Steven R. Smyers in 1989, and redesigned by Ron Garl in 2007, Cypress Creek Golf Club offers a full service 18-hole semi-private facility. This golf course is routed through rolling terrain around 600-acres of pristine conservation wetland and features multi-tiered tees, undulated greens, and numerous bunkers and lakes. Cypress Creek...
Cypress Lakes Golf and Country Club
Pokolbin, NSW, Australia
Distance: 6467m Par: 72
Cypress Lakes Golf and Country Club is a picturesque 18-hole championship golf course and is ranked among the top resort courses in Australia. Located in the beautiful wine district of the Hunter Valley and close to both The Vintage and the Hunter Valley Golf Clubs makes Cypress Lakes an attractive golfing destination to both members...
Grande Pines Golf Club
Orlando, FL, United States
Distance: 7,012yd Par: 72
Grande Pines Golf Club is located on International Drive just north of Walt Disney World and sits on the former site of the International Club. Designed by Joe Lee in 1986 and thoroughly overhauled by Steve Smyers in 2004, the 18-hole course is now heavily shaped, full of large mounding, some water and severe bunkering....
Interlachen Country Club
Winter Park, FL, United States
Distance: 7,213yd Par: 73
A nature sanctuary within a city, the very private Interlachen Country Club – where membership is by invitation only – lies just 15-minutes away from downtown Winter Park, about 20-minutes away from downtown Orlando and about 30-minutes away from Orlando International Airport. The very first round of golf on the original 18-hole championship course, designed...
Isleworth Country Club
Windermere, FL, United States
Distance: 7,544yd Par: 72
Isleworth Country Club is a golfer's paradise and is consistently ranked among the top golf courses in the country. The private 18-hole championship golf course was the creation of Arnold Palmer and was subsequently enhanced by Steve Smyers in 2003. Designed to provide a fair but uniquely challenging round, this signature course is built on...
Old Memorial Golf Club
Tampa, FL, United States
Distance: 7,389yd Par: 72
Owned by the founders of the famous Outback Steakhouse, the Old Memorial Golf Club in Tampa, Florida, features an 18-hole golf course that’s a pure, undisturbed sanctuary of golf where members and guests can get away from the hectic pace of life to enjoy friendly competition, the camaraderie of golfers from diverse backgrounds and the...
Southern Dunes Golf and Country Club
Haines City, FL, United States
Distance: 7,192yd Par: 72
Of all the great golf courses in Central Florida's Orlando area, Steve Smyers's creation at Southern Dunes Golf and Country Club in Haines City may be the most unique. Central Florida has an abundance of courses that typify the state's style. However, not very often can locals and tourists find a course in Florida with...
The Club at Cheval
Lutz, FL, United States
Distance: 6,961yd Par: 71
A golf course where players can have the entire layout all for themselves, The Club at Cheval in Lutz, Florida, is one of the most well-maintained semi-private routings that are still open to the public. Designed by Steve Smyers, this 18-hole golf course is deemed by many as “the place to be” for golfers in...
Wentworth Golf Club
Tarpon Springs, FL, United States
Distance: 6459yd Par: 71
Wentworth Golf Club was designed by Steve Smyers through mixed terrain with a varying landscape of trees and bodies of water. Measuring 6459-yards, the Wentworth course is a little shorter than most but the target-style golf it provides keeps the game entertaining. The golf club is semi-private and is available to visitors during all seasons....
